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United States Patent | 5,610,797 |
Nakamura | March 11, 1997 |
A control panel apparatus for electronic devices, provided with at least one control switch for activating a function of an electronic device and a display portion for displaying the function of the electronic device, in which a main body portion for covering the display portion of the electronic device and a control portion of the control switch are integrally formed as a display cover, in which a groove is formed in a border portion between the main body portion and the control portion in the display cover so as to make a wall there thin, and in which the control portion is arranged as rockable relative to the main body portion through the border portion whereby the control switch can be controlled.
Inventors: | Nakamura; Fumihiko (Tokyo, JP) |
Assignee: | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 393908 |
Filed: | February 24, 1995 |
Mar 09, 1994[JP] | 6-037460 |
Current U.S. Class: | 361/681; 358/400 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 001/16; H05K 005/03 |
Field of Search: | 361/681,680,683,679 358/400,497 D14/115,118 364/708.1 355/271,206,209 362/85,23,29 345/32,75 |
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